St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-10-08
How a Democratic Governor
Takes the Starch Out of
a Dakota Boodler.
Samples Of the Administra-
tons Extravaganza" for
Editor Carriers Benefit.
The Governor Warns Schem-
ers After Appropriations
and FavorS Admission.
Col. Sheafe as a Globe "Staff
COntributOr"---Where
Is Editor Pierce?

From the Globes Special Staff Contributor
WATERFOWL, Oct. Cat last it is
done. The Yankton boodlers have been
fired. There has gone up such a
howl out of the enemy's camp that it
does not take very acute understand
ing to realize that somebody has been
hit" With all the remarks and COM
mentS that have been made about Gov.
Church'S action in suspending the
trustees of the YanktOn insane asylum.
l do not know as the real reasons have
yet been made sufficiently plain. /
notice that one editor goes to great
length to prove that Gov. Church ought
to have suspended the Yankton hood
lers before now if at all. Now this is
the vital point exactly. 1t was mani
like to have suspended the YanktOn
bOOdlers long ago, and would have done
so if there had been any direct authority
given by the code under which he could
have acted. He did not feel that he had
the direct sanction of the law in taking
such action, so the governor wisely
waited until such time should arrive
when he should have the full right to
Suppend the trustees, at the
same time showing what his
disposition toward them was. The
governor waited not in vain. He
believed that the three members that
had been reappointed from the preced-
ing board, were unsafe men to trust as
further financial agents of the territory.
1t was his duty, as the chief executive
of the territory to. as far as possible,
give this belief form. In every way he
has indicated his displeaSure at having
such men as these three on so reSpOnS-
ible board. There was absolutely no
reason why these men should wish to re-
main on this board. At last the crisis
was reached, and it was brought about
by these trustees themselves. The
board went ahead and authorized con-
tracts for Improvements contrary to law,
and for this the governor has suspended
them. The case is clear. The governor
had perfect right to remove the truS-
tees; it has been done, and now for the
results. They are plain, and, summed
up, they are substantially that the town
of Yankton will get the improvements
under the s92,500 appropriation, and the
first scene in Dakota bOOdleism will have
closed. Owing to the sentiment grown
up for various reasons. the
bOodlers will be allowed to subSde
into private life. and the courts will
take no action in the matter. This is to
be deeply regretted, and would not be
possible in any country but Dakota,
where the people are so poor that the
power of Doodle is greater than the
power of right. But the Yankton hood
lers, and all their apologists, can be
sure of one thing, and that is, that they
will have the contempt of all honest
people who know the facts in the case.
The administration. too. by its action in
the matter and the spirit it has shown
for honest, pure government all through
must commend itself to the world as
worthy of much praise and confidence,
and at the same time it is in striking
contrast with the territorial government
that has preceded it and under which
the people have suffered. Surely the
time of better things in our politics has
arrived.
PILLS FOR CARRIERS LIVER.
In last weeks Pioneer Press there ap-
peared a letter from one A. l.. Carter,
of Canton, and this letter attempted, in
a most Slckly way, to criticiSe Gov
Church and the conduct of his admins
tration. This letter is most ridiculous
production, and hardly worth notice. 1t
is very ''fresh," and a dead give-away
on the face of it. Its wild statements,
crazy assertions and distorted grammar
are such that it is with difficulty one
can tell what Mr.. Carter really does
mean. He attempts to show that the
administration has been, and is, very
ee:Xtravagant,and predicts that in short
time the whole country will go to
smash under it. The enormous
appropriations passed by the leg
islature he lays all to Gov.
Church. Now, what are the real facts
In the case? One can sit down and
figure it out in a few minutes. One of
the principal things that the ilk of this
Carter had against Gov. Church last
winter, was that he vetoed so many of
their bills, and now they find fault with
him and contend that he was response
bic for what appropriation bills were
passed. There was the Springfield Nor
NAL school bill; the capitol bill, for $685.
600; the college at Aberdeen-and all
these bills that Gov. Church vetoed.
amounting to over S20O.O0O-that MI.
Carter can figure up for himself, at his
leasure; and when he has done this he
can tell the people whether this $500. 900
was saved the territory by Gov Church.
or whether his Judgment was at fault
and this enormous amount ought to
have been expended; and what was
deemed the necessaryrunning expenses
for institutions already established,
these appropriations ought to have
been vetoed. This is according to the
Carter argument of it.
WHAT CHURCH HAS DONE.
Gov. Church, not long ago, gave me
some valuable pointers on this very SUBJ
ject. The Brookings college trustees
had just been to interview him at HUI
ron. They had been called upon to pay
some old debts that had been contracted
by the old board, and they wanted to, if
possible. escape their payment. They
had the chance pointed out to them by
Gov. Church. After they left, Gov.
Church said to me:
That's the trouble. These boards have
gone ahead and made improvements and
done their business in most reckless man.
ner, and always with the idea in mind that
the institution belonged to their town and
the question was how much money they
there's got to be a change. These
boards must come down to bust
ness. Last winter the legislature
passed appropriation bills of all kinds, with
apparently the utmost recklessness. / made
one distinction i'll approving or rejecting
those that seemed necessary. Wherever
there was actual need of appropriations these
had my consent-and others / vetoed The
public institutions of the territory that were
already established all seemed to need GER
tain appropriations for improvements in or
der to finish them and put them in good run
ming order These bills / passed: but one
thing can be depended upon is that none of
these institutions need expect a single cent
II have anything to say about it, at the next
legislature. The appropriations have been
liberal enough for years, and must be utilized
that they will last and the people will not
feel like spending their money in further
lavish expenditures very soon again. Another
thing, none Of these institutions need come